Two Euro Commemorative, Coin Type from Germany (showing photos)

Two Euro Commemorative, Coin Type from Germany (issued 2006 - )

Coin Type	Two Euro Commemorative

The Two Euro coin (€2.00) is a circulating bi-metallic coin made of two alloys: the inner part of nickel brass, the outer part of copper-nickel. Like all the common circulation coins (from 1 cent to €2), the denomination is issued by the separate countries in the Eurozone and is legal tender in all of them, irrespective of which country has issued it. The denomination was introduced in 2002, when Germany retired the German Mark currency and introduced the Euro.

The coins have a common reverse designed by Luc Luycx in 1999 which shows a map of the European Union; it was changed in 2007 to reflect the enlargement of the Union. Each country has its own national obverse; the German regular obverse features the German Federal Eagle.

The €2 is also the only denomination in which circulating commemorative Euro coins are issued; these are also legal tender in all countries of the Eurozone, no matter which country issued them; commemoratives of other denominations are only legal tender in the issuing country. The number of commemorative coins is limited to two (before 2012 to one) per country per year (in addition to any common issue) and to 5 percent of the total mintage output. Given that the reverse is fixed, the commemorative designs are always on the obverse.

The edge lettering on German €2 coins reads EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT - "unity and justice and freedom" - Germany's national motto and the beginning of Germany's national anthem, followed by the Federal Eagle.

Germany has five mints striking circulation coins, which have an arrangement whereby each mint strikes a specific proportion of the circulation coins every year. The mints and their mint marks are:
- Berlin Mint - mint mark A
- Munich Mint - mint mark D
- SMBW - Stuttgart (ex Stuttgart Mint) - mint mark F
- SMBW - Karlsruhe (ex Karlsruhe Mint) - mint mark G
- Hamburg Mint - mint mark J
Note that two of them are part of Staatliche Münzen Baden-Württemberg (SMBW) - the State Mints of Baden-Württemberg - after they merged in 1998, but operate separate facilities and use different mint marks.

Obverse
Various design as individually described.

Obverse Inscription	************ [year]

Reverse

The reverse of the coin shows on the right a representation of a map of the western part of Europe.

Behind the map and interrupted by it, six vertical lines connect the twelve stars of Europe - six around above right, and six around below right.

On the left, a large numeral value: 2; on the right, overlaid on the map, the denomination EURO.

The designer's monogram LL (for Luc Luycx) is below right in the rim, below the O in EURO.

Reverse Inscription	2 EURO

Edge	Milled, inscribed	Edge Inscription	EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT

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Coin Type: Two Euro Commemorative - (33) Coins

Coin Name	Reverse	Obverse	Details
Two Euro 2006 Schleswig-Holstein			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,410,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,460,000 - Hamburg Mint: 6,460,000 - Berlin Mint: 6,160,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,420,000 Total Mintage: 30,910,000
Two Euro 2007 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 12,123,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 12,113,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,473,000 - Hamburg Mint: 1,343,000 - Berlin Mint: 1,313,000 Total Mintage: 31,365,000
Two Euro 2007 Treaty of Rome			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 14,685,000 - SMBW - Stuttgart: 8,185,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 5,185,000 - Hamburg Mint: 1,685,000 - Berlin Mint: 1,185,000 Total Mintage: 30,925,000
Two Euro 2008 Hamburg			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 10,455,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 9,155,000 - Hamburg Mint: 6,555,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,455,000 - Berlin Mint: 1,255,000 Total Mintage: 31,875,000
Two Euro 2009 Saarland			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,565,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,665,000 - Hamburg Mint: 6,665,000 - Berlin Mint: 6,365,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,565,000 Total Mintage: 31,825,000
Two Euro 2009 Economic and Monetary Union			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,330,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,430,000 - Hamburg Mint: 6,430,000 - Berlin Mint: 6,130,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,330,000 Total Mintage: 30,650,000
Two Euro 2010 Bremen			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,387,700 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,487,700 - Hamburg Mint: 6,487,700 - Berlin Mint: 6,194,700 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,387,700 Total Mintage: 30,945,500
Two Euro 2011 Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia)			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,404,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,504,000 - Hamburg Mint: 6,504,000 - Berlin Mint: 6,204,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,404,000 Total Mintage: 31,020,000
Two Euro 2012 Bayern (Bavaria)			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,375,200 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,475,200 - Hamburg Mint: 6,475,200 - Berlin Mint: 6,189,600 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,375,200 Total Mintage: 30,890,400
Two Euro 2012 Euro Cash Anniversary			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,345,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,445,000 - Hamburg Mint: 6,445,000 - Berlin Mint: 6,145,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,345,000 Total Mintage: 30,725,000
Two Euro 2013 Baden-Württemberg			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,362,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,462,000 - Hamburg Mint: 6,462,000 - Berlin Mint: 6,172,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,362,000 Total Mintage: 30,820,000
Two Euro 2013 Élysée Treaty			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 2,755,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 2,425,000 - Hamburg Mint: 2,425,000 - Berlin Mint: 2,325,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 1,655,000 Total Mintage: 11,585,000
Two Euro 2014 Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony)			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,357,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,457,000 - Hamburg Mint: 6,457,000 - Berlin Mint: 6,169,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,357,000 Total Mintage: 30,797,000
Two Euro 2015 Hessen (Hesse)			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,290,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,390,000 - Hamburg Mint: 6,390,000 - Berlin Mint: 6,090,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,290,000 Total Mintage: 30,450,000
Two Euro 2015 European Flag			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,225,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,325,000 - Hamburg Mint: 6,325,000 - Berlin Mint: 6,025,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,225,000 Total Mintage: 30,125,000
Two Euro 2015 German Unity			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,300,825 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,400,825 - Hamburg Mint: 6,400,825 - Berlin Mint: 6,113,800 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,300,825 Total Mintage: 30,517,100
Two Euro 2016 Sachsen (Saxony)			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,278,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,378,000 - Hamburg Mint: 6,378,000 - Berlin Mint: 6,078,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,278,000 Total Mintage: 30,390,000
Two Euro 2017 Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate)			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,275,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,375,000 - Hamburg Mint: 6,375,000 - Berlin Mint: 6,075,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,275,000 Total Mintage: 30,375,000
Two Euro 2018 Berlin			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,272,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,372,000 - Hamburg Mint: 6,372,000 - Berlin Mint: 6,072,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,272,000 Total Mintage: 30,360,000
Two Euro 2018 Helmut Schmidt			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,270,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,370,000 - Hamburg Mint: 6,370,000 - Berlin Mint: 6,070,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,270,000 Total Mintage: 30,350,000
Two Euro 2019 Bundesrat			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,263,600 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,363,600 - Hamburg Mint: 6,363,600 - Berlin Mint: 6,063,600 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,263,600 Total Mintage: 30,318,000
Two Euro 2019 Fall of the Berlin Wall			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,899,400 - Hamburg Mint: 6,919,400 - Berlin Mint: 6,589,400 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,629,400 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 4,259,400 Total Mintage: 30,297,000
Two Euro 2020 Brandenburg			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,260,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,360,000 - Hamburg Mint: 6,360,000 - Berlin Mint: 6,060,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,260,000 Total Mintage: 30,300,000
Two Euro 2020 Anniversary of Warsaw Genuflection			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,263,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,363,000 - Hamburg Mint: 6,363,000 - Berlin Mint: 6,063,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,263,000 Total Mintage: 30,315,000
Two Euro 2021 Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt)			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,297,500 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,397,500 - Hamburg Mint: 6,397,500 - Berlin Mint: 6,097,500 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,297,500 Total Mintage: 30,487,500
Two Euro 2022 Thüringen (Thuringia)			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,431,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,531,000 - Hamburg Mint: 6,531,000 - Berlin Mint: 6,231,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,431,000 Total Mintage: 31,155,000
Two Euro 2022 Erasmus Programme			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 4,150,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 3,640,000 - Hamburg Mint: 3,640,000 - Berlin Mint: 3,470,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 2,450,000 Total Mintage: 17,350,000
Two Euro 2023 Hamburg			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,384,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,484,000 - Hamburg Mint: 6,484,000 - Berlin Mint: 6,184,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,384,000 Total Mintage: 30,920,000
Two Euro 2023 Charlemagne			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 4,855,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 4,255,000 - Hamburg Mint: 4,255,000 - Berlin Mint: 4,055,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 2,855,000 Total Mintage: 20,275,000
Two Euro 2024 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,346,300 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,446,300 - Hamburg Mint: 6,446,300 - Berlin Mint: 6,146,300 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,346,300 Total Mintage: 30,731,500
Two Euro 2024 Frankfurt Constitution			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,242,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,342,000 - Hamburg Mint: 6,342,000 - Berlin Mint: 6,042,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,242,000 Total Mintage: 30,210,000
Two Euro 2025 Saarland			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,200,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,300,000 - Hamburg Mint: 6,300,000 - Berlin Mint: 6,000,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,200,000 Total Mintage: 30,000,000
Two Euro 2025 German Unity			Material: Bimetallic Mints: - SMBW - Stuttgart: 7,200,000 - Bavarian Central Mint - Munich: 6,300,000 - Hamburg Mint: 6,300,000 - Berlin Mint: 6,000,000 - SMBW - Karlsruhe: 4,200,000 Total Mintage: 30,000,000

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Two Euro Commemorative: Details

Country	Germany
Currency	Euro, Germany
Sub-type of	Two Euro, Germany
From	2006
Face Value	2 (x Euro, Germany)
Current	Yes
Material	Bimetallic
Designer
Technology	Milled (machine-made)
Shape	Round
Orientation	Medal Alignment (Axis 0)
Size	25.7500 mm
Thickness	2.2000 mm
Mass	8.5000 g

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